The Israeli Kate Foil Championship came to an end last night (Friday) in Eilat, where Dvir Azulai from the Eilat Sailing Club won for the first time, while in the women's Gal Zuckerman retains her title from last year.
The competition was very close between the Israeli surfers, with Azulai, Zohar Harubi and Yael Paz demonstrating control and finishing most of the competition cruises in the first three places and swapping the lead between them.
The fight continued until the last cruise, after Dvir Azulai led safely with four cruises left to finish, Zohar Haroubi finished in the last four cruises in second place after Bonoa Gomez and first of the Israelis and closed the gap a bit from the exterminator but it was not enough .
Winners of the Men's Championship, Photo: The Israel Sailing Association
In the Open Championship, the Frenchman Benoit Gomez won, ranked third in Europe and fourth in the world today.
Gomez was invited to the championship by Shahaf Amir, the team's coach, in order to be a training opponent, in order to raise the bar and challenge the Israeli surfing team.
The Israeli champion, for the second year in a row, is Gal Zuckerman from the Sdot Yam club.
After a strong opening by Zuckerman, Mia Ashkenazi managed to close the gap, with a few victories in the second day cruises, but in the end she had to settle for the silver medal.
Gal Boker won third place.
Gal Zuckerman and Mia Ashkenazi, winners of the women's championship, Photo: The Israel Sailing Association
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